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A lunar calendar is synchronized to the motion of the Moon (moon phases); an example is the Islamic calendar.

A lunisolar calendar is synchronized both to the motion of the Moon and to the apparent motion of the Sun; an example is the Jewish calendar.

Calendars in widespread use today include the Gregorian calendar, which is the de facto international standard, and is used almost everywhere in the world for civil purposes, including in China and India (along with the Indian national calendar).

The Runic script is clearly releated to the Latin script, as can be seen from the Runic letters for A, B, K, F, H, I, M, R, S and T, although it is believed to be derived from a North Italic script rather than Latin itself.

The 75 Unicode runic letter characters are intended to represent all of the various shapes and forms of runic letters that are found in the various fuÃ¾arks and runic alphabets.

Runic inscriptions are commonly written Left-To-Right (LTR), but may be written Right-To-Left (RTL), or with a combination of LTR and RTL lines, as is the case on the Franks Casket.

www.babelstone.co.uk /Keyboards/Runic.html (1942 words)

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A lunar calendar is synchronized to the motion of the Moon (moon phases); an example is the Islamic calendar.

For example, a calendar provides a way to determine which days are religious or civil holidays, which days mark the beginning and end of business accounting periods, and which days have legal significance, such as the day taxes are due or a contract expires.

Calendars are also used as part of a complete timekeeping system: date and time of day together specify a moment in time.

A lunisolar calendar is a lunar calendar that compensates by adding an extra month as needed to realign the months with the seasons.

For example, a calendar provides a way to determine which days are religious or civil holiday s, which days mark the beginning and end of business accounting periods, and which days have legal significance, such as the day taxes are due or a contract expires.

Calendars in widespread use today include the Gregorian calendar, which is the de facto international standard, and is used almost everywhere in the world for civil purposes, including in China and India.

encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /calendar.htm (1822 words)

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A lunar calendar is synchronized to the motion of the Moon ( moon phases); an example is the Islamic calendar.

A lunisolar calendar is synchronized to the motions of both the Moon and the Sun; an example is the Jewish calendar.

The old calendar was luni-solar and is said to have begun the new year at the first new moon on or after October 14th.

The reconstructed calendar predicts that the new year begins, according to the modern (Gregorian) calendar, with the first new moon that occurs on or after October 18th and this could be called (new) Winter's day.

The calendar is easier to understand by the use of the ancient runiccalendar stick, also called clog almanacs, primestaves, or runestocks.

www.geocities.com /suntheorem/soma.htm (2130 words)

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Gregorian calendar was later adopted by most of the West, starting in 1582, and it has since become the world's dominant civic calendar.

A pragmatic calendar is one that is based on observation; an example is the religious Islamic calendar and the religious Jewish calendar in the time of the Temple.

A theoretical calendar is one that is based on a strict set of rules; an example is the Jewish calendar.

www.edinformatics.com /inventions_inventors/calendar.htm (1448 words)

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Although this wooden calendar was carved in the seventeenth century, the runic letters that make up the text are an ancient script.

Long past that period, the runic alphabet was used on monuments and tombstones.

Runic letters are generally angular and are particularly suited for inscription on wood, where the natural grain of the medium makes curved lines difficult.

rmc.library.cornell.edu /Paper-exhibit/runic.html (107 words)

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Years of the Era: the Gregorian calendar is called the Christian calendar because it uses the birth of Jesus Christ as a starting point.

At the time of this decision the oldest Runic artifact discovered in Europe had been dated to 250 years before Christ.

The common names used in the English speaking western world are actually derived from the ancient pre-Christian gods of Europe, as follows.

This kind of calendar is called a "solunar" system because it is a combination of both a solar and a lunar calendar, using a 13th month occasionally to ensure the lunar year more or less keeps up to the solar year.

Also the Old Norse calendar staves, the so-called runiccalendar, consisting of long wooden sticks on which the passing of seven-day weeks were recorded using the first 7 runes of the Old Norse alphabet.

The most complex pattern of the calendar needing to be memorized or written down is the 19 year sequence of years consisting either 12 or 13 months in length, known as the Metonic cycle.

The precise origins of the pictoral runic alphabet is a matter of debate.

The oldest true runic alphabet is known as the Elder Futhark taking its name from the (sounds of) its first letters, ie F-U-TH-A-R-K. It is a 24 character script.

Whilst inevitably the majority of rune research should be devoted to seeking to rediscover the ways of the Viking/Saxon runemasters, we should not assume they knew all the secrets of the runes and that there is nothing new to be revealed.

www.runeschool.org /courses/intro_03/07_efuthark.htm (1353 words)

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IX) and folk calendar festivals, whereas the latter are given a wider interpretation (e.g.

The runiccalendar ("Sirvilauad") that reflects the Heathen calendar is mainly based on folk calendar festivals; the names of these festivals are chosen as vernacular as possible, trying to avoid those that imply Christian holidays.

If there is a difference between the Taara calendar and the runiccalendar ('Sirvilauad'), the latter name is given after a slash.

This version of the Runic Oracle was created for Nokia Series 40 mobile phones and should work fine on all of them that have screen size 128 x 128 pixels, which are: Nokia 2650, 3100, 3120, 3125, 3200, 3300, 5100, 6100, 6108, 6200, 6220, 6225, 6585, 6610, 6800, 6810, 7200, 7210, 7250, 7250i.

Lunar Calendar displays a verbose description of the current lunar situation for any day you choose (from the years 2006 - 2008).

Runic Oracle exists in Windows version only, but should work fine on any breed of Windows.

This is represented in both the physical harvests of energy that was expended in growth and spiritual harvests of the insights and in the meditations which will sustain both the body and the spirit during the coming winter months.

The RunicCalendar of Nordic traditions, (which is governed by half months rather than full months), divides this moon of the year by Ur (Primal Strength) from July 14th through July 28th, and Thorn (Defense) from July 29th through August 12th.

The American Backwoods Calendar refers to this moon of the year as the Sturgeon Moon or the Corn Moon and is determined by whichever full moon falls in August.

A calendar reflects the rhythmic course of life, at the same time guaranteeing the continuation of the rhythm.

It is evident that the system of chronology must have developed somewhat differently for those tilling the land and for those engaged in hunting and fishing, since the nature of their common activities was different.

The names of the calendar months were probably not taken into popular use until the first Estonian language calendars were printed.